The owner of the Green Lady Lounge is part of a group wanting to lease space for a world-class jazz club at a gateway to 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District. That use and a new soul food restaurant are being held up by two liquor-licensing laws that a City Council committee is conducting hearings on.

Kansas City's largest neighborhood association and a number of local advocacy groups will host a public forum aimed at answering the question of whether the millions of dollars the city grants developers in the name of economic development each year helps or hurts the city's taxpayers.

Developer Chris Curtin’s latest rezoning request, to be considered by the Overland Park Planning Commission during a March 12 public hearing, was precipitated by the developer’s acquisition of the five homes immediately south of 103rd Street on the east side of Antioch Road.

The iconic work of Charles Schulz and Garry Trudeau hangs on the walls of Andrews McMeel Universal's headquarters along with the work of more recent contributors, such as Sarah Andersen and Gavin Aung Than. Here's a rare look inside the creative workspace and the Boley Building, which is significant in its own right.